κερί

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κηρίον (kēríon), diminutive of κηρός (kērós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /cerˈri/
Hyphenation: κε‧ρί

Noun

κερί • (kerí) n (plural κεριά)

Declension

declension of κερί

	singular	plural
nominative	κερί •	κεριά •
genitive	κεριού •	κεριών •
accusative	κερί •	κεριά •
vocative	κερί •	κεριά •

Derived terms

Terms derived from κερί (kerí)

αγιοκέρι n (agiokéri, “church candle”)
αλειμματοκέρι n (aleimmatokéri, “tallow candle”)
βουλοκέρι n (voulokéri, “sealing wax”)
δικέρι n (dikéri, “double candlestick”)

κεράκι n (keráki, “little candle, taper”)
κέρινος m (kérinos, “wax”)
τρικέρι n (trikéri, “triple candlestick”)
ψαλιδοκέρι n (psalidokéri, “snuffer, trimmer”)

Further reading

κερί in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]

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